I don't know what kind of pro-authoritarian sane-washing statement you're trying to make with this line. Jobs himself would tell you that it's a consequence of letting a salesperson run the company rather than a product person.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K1WrHH-WtaA
The general use of the word dictator for someone in role like Jobs had or with his temperment has been around almost as long as the word dictator.
A cursory Google search for "steve jobs dictator" reveals references going back to 2007 at least. Several references even refer to him as Hitler.
Many people who worked with Steve, both those who liked him and those who hated him, described him as a dictator.
I don't know what kind of pro-authoritarian sane-washing statement you're trying to make with this line. Jobs himself would tell you that it's a consequence of letting a salesperson run the company rather than a product person.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K1WrHH-WtaA